Posts Tagged ‘Trading Strategies’

Complacency and overconfidence are good leading indicators of an overvalued market set for a correction or worse. Why should investors be so concerned right now? I expect the wheel of fortune to turn and for luck to run out for the sellers. The catalysts for a volatility spike are all in place. We could even get a record super-spike in volatility if several of these catalysts converge.

Even beyond the immediacy of this Fed decision, the high likelihood that the Fed will still hike in 2015 even if it passes on doing so this week is contributing to levels of 3m implied volatility being near the highs of the year. Here are Credit Suisse’s 5 scenarios & possibilities that could emerge from today’s FOMC.

Jamie Dimon formally announced today that JPMorgan Chase has reached a definitive agreement to sell its physical commodities business to Mercuria Energy Group Limited. JPM will continue to provide traditional banking activities in the commodities markets, including trading of precious metals.